Time required to start business in East Timor

East Timor: Time required to start business was 13 in 2019. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2019)
13
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
83rd
of 188 countries
All-time high
167
in 2004
All-time low
13
in 2017
Years of data
16
2004–2019

Time required to start business in East Timor, 2004–2019

0501001502004201120192004: 1672005: 1672006: 1672007: 1582008: 1572009: 1572010: 1102011: 942012: 942013: 942014: 152015: 142016: 142017: 132018: 132019: 13

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

East Timor recorded 13 for time required to start business in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 91.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, time required to start business in East Timor peaked at 167 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 13, in 2017.

That places East Timor 83rd out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Time required to start business in East Timor, year by year

Annual values for Time required to start business in East Timor, 2004 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2004 167 —
2005 167 +0.0%
2006 167 +0.0%
2007 158 -5.4%
2008 157 -0.6%
2009 157 +0.0%
2010 110 -29.9%
2011 94 -14.5%
2012 94 +0.0%
2013 94 +0.0%
2014 15 -84.0%
2015 14 -6.7%
2016 14 +0.0%
2017 13 -7.1%
2018 13 +0.0%
2019 13 +0.0%

East Timor compared with similar countries

  • East Timor's 13 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15, 87% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • East Timor's 13 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 12.8, 1.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 162.17 157 167 6
2010s 47.4 13 110 10

Countries ranked near East Timor

  1. 80 Djibouti 14 compare
  2. 80 Nicaragua 14 compare
  3. 82 Cameroon 13.5 compare
  4. 83 Burkina Faso 13 compare
  5. 83 Finland 13 compare
  6. 83 Ghana 13 compare
  7. 83 South Sudan 13 compare

See the full ranking of 188 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is time required to start business in East Timor?
Time required to start business in East Timor was 13 in 2019, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest time required to start business recorded in East Timor?
The highest recorded value was 167 in 2004.
What is the lowest time required to start business recorded in East Timor?
The lowest recorded value was 13 in 2017.
How does East Timor rank for time required to start business?
East Timor ranks 83rd out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is time required to start business rising or falling in East Timor?
Over the last ten years it is down 91.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this East Timor data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Time required to start business. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Time required to start business
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
188 places, 2,945 data points, 2003–2019
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